In recent months, there has been some doubt as to where the line could be drawn between cache sizes. Primarily in question were cache containers between micro and regular. GC.com recently helped to solve the quandry with the addition of a new cache size. With cachers in the Groundspeak forums contributing suggestions to the new name for the size, "small" was declared the winner. "Mini" was also a popular suggestion, but ultimately vetoed because some cachers abbreviate the cache size to a single letter, and "mini" might have been confused with "micro".

How "big" is a "small" cache? Technically, anything between a micro and regular could be classified as a "small". However, that's not entirely descriptive. Some good examples might be Tupperware sandwich containers, Decon boxes, and the round, plastic cylinders that contain sugar-free juice mixes such as Crystal Light.

Popular opinion states that a small cache should be large enough to hold a small log book (and perhaps a writing implement) as opposed to the log sheet one might find in a micro cache. There may also be room for mini-swag such as a paperback book, smaller, personalized signature items, larger coins such as dollars/half-dollars, and the ubiquitous golf ball.

So, where does your cache container fit into the scheme of things? CoyoteRed has devised a cache size rating that is both logical and easy to visualize using the following criteria:

• Micro - will fit a scroll log and up to a few marbles
• Small - will fit a flat logbook and up to a few golfballs
• Regular - will fit a large logbook and up to a few softballs or international equivalent
• Large - will fit a soccer ball and larger

The following examples may help you to decide just how to list your cache size.

• Altoids tins
• Hide-a-Key boxes
• Film canisters
• Nano containers
• Tiny plastic boxes containing breath strips
• Waterproof match holders
• Pill bottles
• Bison tubes

Small Containers

• Decon boxes
• Sandwich containers
• Small plastic containers made by companies such as Tupperware, Glad, Ziploc, etc.
• Bandaid tins
• Plastic drink-mix containers
• Larger pill bottles, such as the type used for vitamins, etc.

• Most ammo cans
• Coffee "buckets"
• Paint cans
• Larger Tupperware or other plastic containers

• Five-gallon buckets
• Footlockers
• Very large ammo cans
• Coolers or ice chests

As always, use your best judgement in placing your cache and writing the description in such a way that the finder will know what to expect...unless the element of surprise is part of the experience in finding an abandoned car, filled with swag, in the middle of the woods.